Glove-blank forming



June 17, 1930. M MCKIN'L 1,765,282

GLOVE BLANK FORMING Filed June 25, 1927 Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT GENE MELVIN MCKINLEY, OF COS HOCTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE (10., OF GOSHOCTON, OHIO, CORPORATION OF GLOVE-BLANK FORMING Application filed. June 25, 1927. Serial No. 201,341.

This invention relates to features of dies and economy in cutting of sheet metal.

This invention has utility when incorporated for the manufacture of gloves, especially from cloth involving simultaneously cutting therefrom of a plurality of blanks transversely of a plurality of thicknesses of the cloth.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view'of a group or gang die designed for effecting economy in cuttlng hereunder Fig. 2 is a view, with parts broken away, showing a glove as assembled from blanks as formed by the die of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line IIIIII, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IVIV, Fi .2.

gtrip 1 of cloth, say muslin, may be overlaid for a plurality of plies, say forty-elght thicknesses, for producing twenty-four pairs of glove blanks in a cutting depth, and be operated thereon under the invention herein by a group or gang die approximating the full width of the strip 1 of cloth. In carrying out the invention hereunder, saving of cloth is effected with maintenance of glove size and glove utility.

The glove blank die is shown as having palm portion 2 extending to widened wrist portion 3. Intermediate the extent of th1s wrist portion 3 is thumb 1 having side 5 of less than full form. Remote from this thumb 4 and beyond the narrower palm portion 2 are finger portions 6, 7, 8, 9. The portion shown as the index or first finger 6 has lateral extension 10 for the index finger back, with widened offset 11 therefrom extending toward the palm to inward offset or narrowing portion 12.

From the portion 11 beyond the portion 12, there is widening; portion 13 of the wrist portion 3. The opposite side of this blank, has from the little finger 9, outer edge 14 provided with offset or narrowing portion 15 to straight portion 16 terminating in widening portion 17 extending to wrist widened portion 18 opposite the wrist widened portion 13.

oosi-iooroiv GLOVE OHIO In the closing of these blanks in the single die unit as shown in Fig. 1 for a group assembly, the adjacent blank outlines are 0ppositely disposed in the line interfitting transverse series for between the lndex finger forms of adjacent blanks and on the other side of such blanks for little finger inter- V fitting. The extent of this interfitting, from a width of cloth for a determined of glove, permits such a say slze degree of saving that blanks 19 for two finger backs may be additionally obtained from the transverse extent of such strip 1 of cloth. In practice this means that used or that from the same stock,

a narrower stock may be due to this saving by permitting the two additional finger backs,

economy of approximately three (3%) per cent in the transverse cutting is obtained.

In the progress of this group die longitudinally of the strips .1, such closeness of suceessive seating may occur by the departure from full form for one side of the portion 4 that longitudinal alignment may be maintained, with maintenance of the transverse economy for the stock together with longitudinal economy due to the proximity of the successive transverse direct groupings. In practice, this runs from one (1%) to two (2%) per cent. It accordingly follows that due to this grouping of blanks by deformation, there is economy in fabric, approximating five (5%) per cent saving with no detraction whatsoever from the glove size as determined were the savings not introduced as herein disclosed.

Furthermore, these economles in fabric may extend to economy in stitching and thus reduce the labor and thread cost.

The

blank tips for the second, third and fourth fingers, 7, 8, 9, may be terminally tacked by stitching 20, 21,

22, to the glove wear face 23 having such fingers say of leather. These tacked terminals not only are connected to the wear face, but also to the finger backs The index finger 6, 10, in the assembly of the edge of the wear face 23 therewith,

is tip 25 to the gauntlet 26.

provided with stitching 24 from its finger wrist portion adjacent Thumb back 27 is stitch assembled on the index finger side to both the thumb lining blank 4: as well as to thumb facing 28 by stitch 29. Supplemental thereon, facing piece has stitching 31 through thumb back 27. This facing 80 is, at its palm edge, assembled by stitching 82 with the palm lining and facing23up to the thumb crotch, and the thumb has upward therefrom an assembly stitchingfor the thumb back 27, the thumb wear facing strip 80 and the thumb facing 28, thus leaving the side of the thumb lining 4, toward the palm and of less than full form, loosealong this stitching 32, but terminally tacked with the thumb by stitching 29.

Stitching 83 over the several fingers and down the finger sides, assembles merely the fin er backs to the fin er facin s thus leav- D b a ing the linings 6, 7 8, 9, only terminally tacked. This stitching 33 in the region of the wristportions 18 assembles the lining at such point with the wear facing 23 and the V finger back 19. This leaves the little finger lining 9 terminally tacked and free to the finger crotch toward the third finger and free to a point past the palm adjacent the wrist on theouter side or in the region 16 of the blank. The lining is accordingly held by the tacked portions in position to space the fingers and palm of the wearer from the wear facing of the palm and finger lining of the glove, with avoidance of hardness of stock and difficulty in stitching, not only between the fingers and along the side of the thumb toward the palm, but also along the palm toward the little finger.

- This avoidance of hardness from stitching the linings with the other stock, leaves the glove more flexible, in no way detracts from the utility or the life of the glove, but really is a contributing factor toward longer life with economy in cutting therefrom.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by Letters Patent is: r 1. A palm and finger blank having a thumb portion with its tip of full form on one side only protruding from the wrist portion of the palm, whereby in progressing blank outlines successively along the material, finger portion tips may more closely approach the wrist region of an adjacent outline.

2. A palm and finger blank for gloves having integral therewith a wristwardly extending thumb portion and laterally an index finger back wider at the base than at the tip and abruptly narrowed into the palm and gradually tapering outward wristwardly, said blank at the base of the little finger being abruptly narrowed into the palm portion for a length equal to the little'finger and abruptly widened. at the wrist.

In witness whereof I afiix my signature.

MELVIN h icKINLEY. 

